“I would probably wait until we have got over January and see how things go. I want to see what we’re going to do, where the club are looking to move to in the future,” he explained.

“And that’s what I’m really looking for as well. It’s probably going to be after the New Year before we speak.”

Moyes has been at Goodison for 10 years, and in Wednesday night’s opposite number Wenger he will see a manager who can show how it is possible to continue to motivate players over an even longer period.

But when asked if he would seek advice from the man who has been at Arsenal for more than 16 years, the Blues boss admitted it is difficult to speak to rival managers about his own club.

“It’s very hard to go to people to talk to about the job here. I think most people would look and say the Everton job looks as though it is a good job,” he explained.

“We’ve got a good team, but what we’re looking to do at Everton is see if we can get to the point where it’s easy to keep all your good players. That obviously means getting to the summit or getting around the summit.”

“I think supporters do get bored when a manager has been in a job a long time. Supporters might decide they are getting bored and they want a change,” Moyes admitted.

Hair we go: Fellaini is back after being suspended against Norwich (Photo: Scott Heavey)

“But I think that’s wrong, because you are not going to get any stability at the club and will probably waste a lot of money chopping and changing all the time.

“Look at what Arsene has done, it’s a remarkable job. Of course their supporters want trophies, but look at the money he has raised by being so consistently in the Champions League.

“He has probably financed their stadium and it is unbelievable. Only one or two clubs in the country would not be envious of that stadium, so he has put down something that is going to be there for a long, long time.

“I don’t know how much you get for winning the League Cup, but it’s not going to be much, is it?

“You get the silverware which we all want but if you asked do you want to win the League Cup with no dough or is it better to be in the Champions League with the cash, I bet you it’s a question a lot of supporters might find difficult to answer.

“The Champions League money keeps you at that higher level, keeps you in there, so is it better to win a trophy or to be so consistent and keep the finances at the level you want?”

Moyes will have Marouane Fellaini back from suspension against Arsenal and there is a chance Darron Gibson will be on the bench, but Kevin Mirallas is still suffering from a hamstring injury.

Simon Bird gazes into his crystal ball ahead of Everton vs Arsenal and the rest of the top flight's midweek fixtures